Ireland Votes No with Comments
,----[ Quote ]
| After months of intensive review, analysis and discussion, NSAI has voted
| Disapproval - with Technical Comments, in respect of the OOXML submission.
| This effectively is a qualified yes, whereby Ireland has some technical
| issues with the submission. If the Technical Comments are satisfactorily
| resolved and incorporated into a new draft, the vote is subsequently amended
| to Approval.
`----
http://www.nsai.ie/index.cfm/area/news/action/article/information/xml
Korea, No with comments to OOXML
,----[ Quote ]
| Korean government concluded that OOXML is incomplete for ISO standards right
| now and suggested some of complements for that.
`----
http://channy.creation.net/antiooxml/korea-no-ooxml.html
UK response to the draft international standard, ISO/IEC DIS 29500 OOXML (ECMA
376)
,----[ Quote ]
| It identified a number of technical issues in the document which need to be
| addressed before the UK can approve ISO/IEC DIS 29500 OOXML as an
| International Standard.
`----
http://www.groklaw.net/newsitems.php
France also rejected it (now final):
http://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-open-xml-la-france-dit-non-23833.html
Related and very recent:
NZ rejects Microsoft OOXML, Sweden confused
,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft has admitted encouraging partners to join the national bodies
| deciding whether to recommend OOXML for fast-track ISO (International
| Organization for Standardization) certification.
`----
http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/NZ-rejects-Microsoft-OOXML-Sweden-confused/0,339028227,339281682,00.htm
Brazil votes against Open XML
,----[ Quote ]
| Among the issues cited are lack of compatibility with the Gregorian calendar,
| lack of support for languages such as Chinese, Japanese and Korean, and
| security issues including the possibility of password breaches and
| vulnerability to viruses.
`----
http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/News/41c10c11-2ee9-4052-ba6c-93026ca1b1d4.html
Australian apathy results in OOXML abstain vote
,----[ Quote ]
| The standards body, which represents Australia at the International Standards
| Organisation (ISO), said the decision was due to a clear lack of consensus
| and commitment throughout the development process.
`----
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Australian-apathy-results-in-OOXML-abstain-vote-/0,130061733,339281683,00.htm
Two Document Standards Means Continued Interoperability Gap
,----[ Quote ]
| I want to start off by reminding everyone that Microsoft was invited from the
| very beginning to participate in developing the OpenDocument Format.
| Microsoft, claimed that it's competitors were ganging up on it, apparently
| forgetting that its competitors also compete against each other. In the long
| road leading up to this point, Microsoft wound up deciding to promote the
| idea that two or more competing standards is the best way to serve the world.
| But they miss the goal set forth by the OpenDocument technical committee - a
| single standard that anyone could implement would mean everyone can share
| documents with far improved reliability than trying to convert between
| document formats.
`----
http://blue-gnu.biz/content/two_document_standards_means_continued_interoperability_gap
Microsoft buying it's way into OOXML ISO certification?
,----[ Quote ]
| It appears that Microsoft is just buying the OOXML ISO certification!
`----
http://masuran.org/node/90
OOXML bribery humour:
http://holloway.co.nz/sincerity-generator/
The Joy of OOXML
,----[ Quote ]
| None of this will surprise long-term observers of Microsoft: it's simply the
| way it plays.
`----
http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000294
|
|
